BRACE designed a complete new gearbox housing for the client’s new hybrid transmission. With a position within the clients new product development team, BRACE was assigned to independently develop the housings together with the clients external partner for CAD and FEA support.

Some highlights from the development:

Requirements set-up

Interface to out- and inside features

Reference model features (skeleton)

Loadcase definition and set-up

Excessive bearing support deformation and contact deformation

Shaft misalignment

Manufacturing and supplier involvement - including casting supplier

A, B, C and D-sample design and prototypes

BRACE carried the responsibility for the housing design. Mechanical engineers guided and worked the design starting with a requirements list to a validated and released product. Being integrated in the development team there is a constant flow of feedback, design reviews, FMEA’s and communication to other departments such as purchase, assembly and others.

The work package deliverables were:

Requirements.

Specifications (drawings, BOM, …).

Test- plans, specification, results.

FMEA

Design documents (calculations, reports, …)

The results achieved were satisfactory in a way that the methods used to get a good performing design regarding strength, stiffness and NVH performance are carried over by the customer for future new housing and support developments.

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about BRACE automotive

BRACE automotive engineers are “passionate about technology”. We develop and engineer automotive systems and components for OEM vehicle manufacturers, 1st and 2nd Tier suppliers and other niche organizations. Our main disciplines are organized in vehicle systems, embedded controls and software, mechanical design and development, and specific competence clusters.

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